Ideal Inspiration Blogger Award: Blogging Tips!

Hey peeps! So, I’m writing an extra post this week because I was nominated for the Ideal Inspiration Award by Izzy from According to Isabella Kate! If you haven’t read her blog yet or watched her YouTube videos, her links are here! She is so sweet and funny, and also a dancer!

Here are the rules:

Thank the person that nominated you and provide a link to their blog (Thanks Izzy!!! <3).

Answer the questions that they have given you.

Nominate 9 other bloggers and give them 5 new questions.

Notify the nominees by commenting on their blog (or mentioning them on social media).

List the rules and display the Ideal Inspiration Blogger Award logo.

Provide a link to the creator of the Ideal Inspiration Blogger Award: Rising Star. (I, unfortunately, don’t know their link)

Now let’s get into the questions!

What is your favorite summer activity?

I love swimming! A few years ago, we got a pool, and I love inviting my friends over and having pool parties and cute summer foods like macaroni salad and homemade raspberry iced tea!

Favorite stationery product and why?

Ok, so I have two: highlighter packs and BIC Velocity mechanical pencils! I love using different colored highlighters to organize my notes for school and to brighten things up a bit! My friend, Maggie, just got me a 16 pack of pastel highlighters, and I am IN LOVE with them! Also, don’t get me started on BIC Velocity mechanical pencils! They look like pens, are the perfect thickness, and write really smoothly (I know, I’m such a nerd hehe)!

How did you first get introduced to blogging?

I was never really introduced to it; one day, I was just sitting and thinking, and I thought, “I’m gonna start a blog!” and that was that! With quarantine limiting the number of activities I could do, I felt like I needed a big project to feel productive and happy.

How do you handle blogging and school+life?

Since I just started blogging about a month ago, I don’t know how to manage it with school yet, but I will work on posts after school and on the weekends. Right now, I schedule my day so that I work on posts in the mornings, setting aside time to do other things too!

Best tips to start blogging?

First, figure out what your blog will be about and what message you want to get across! Next, I made a schedule of when I wanted to launch my website, and what I wanted to do before launching, like making a Pinterest, an Instagram, and building hype! Planning out your posts is definitely helpful too! If you’re a procrastinator like me, then you probably need to have structured time dedicated to working on posts. I’ve scheduled out weekly posts up until November, this is definitely helpful because I don’t have to stress about coming up with content every week! When I scheduled out my posts, I first thought of important events that were going to happen on certain weeks, then I scheduled DIY, cooking, and reading posts around that! Hope this helped!